# Thought for the year

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/1999/02/16/thought-year/
- Published: 1999-02-16T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

While charities work at meeting the deadlines of the various key dates relevant 
to the Y2K issue, there is one other related activity that needs planning. 
While
charities work at meeting the deadlines of the various key dates relevant to the
Y2K issue, there is one other related activity that needs planning. How many of 
your paper donation forms and other fundraising publications contain a standard 
date field that starts with “19”, with a blank for the remaining two years? Almost
all of them, no doubt. Now is the time to start planning to replace all such documents
in time for 1st January next year. On some documents it might not matter, but on
tax-efficient giving forms such as a Deed of Covenant, the excuse of “using up old
stationery” might invalidate the donation.

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